Thursday, July 22, 2010

What is the scientific name for the behavior of "the pot calling the kettle black"?

"Projection"


http://www.heretical.com/sexsci/bpsychol...

What is the scientific name for the behavior of "the pot calling the kettle black"?
Hypocritical.
Reply:Over the Moon is the only one even close and for another reason than the one given. All the other answers seemed to come from psychology, which is a social science, people; not a science.
Reply:The scientific name of something consists of two words, usually in (or borrowing from) Latin and or Greek.





So I tried to be clever:





"Accuso Denego"





Use this translator to see what I meant:


http://www.freedict.com/onldict/lat.html
Reply:hypocrisy?
Reply:Projection and denial


(It's all I can recall from Counseling 101)

fencing

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